E-learning and LMS blog articles

For NHS and healthcare organisations, an effective staff training programme can (quite literally) save lives. Healthcare training providers and L&D leaders need to get staff training 100% right. But, understandably, it’s not always easy.

Limited budgets, geographically dispersed teams, diverse training requirements and busy schedules can make delivering an effective training strategy with a strong ROI nearly impossible, right? Well, this doesn’t have to be the case. In this blog, we’ll explore some of the advantages of staff training with a healthcare LMS and how it can boost the effectiveness of your L&D initiatives.

Consistent training outcomes

Healthcare L&D teams face a unique challenge in fulfilling the variety of training requirements throughout an organisation. A single healthcare organisation will be made up of a variety of services, departments, or units, along with a broad range of staff roles each with their own responsibilities and skill requirements. This diversity can present a number of challenges when L&D teams are required to deliver high-quality training that produces consistent outcomes across the board.

So, how do you deliver consistent training that can be scaled up without compromising on quality and effectiveness? With an LMS, healthcare professionals can access training from one centralised platform, making it easier for admins to manage content and maintain quality control. As a result, training is consistent for all learners, and no one is at risk of accessing outdated or incorrect content.

What’s more, with an LMS such as Totara Learn, admins can take advantage of multi-tenancy to further support training consistency. Multitenancy allows you to create and manage multiple independent learning environments, known as ‘tenants’, within a single LMS solution. This means each department, unit or service mentioned above could have its own ‘tenant’ which houses unique content libraries that cater to specific roles.

Find out more about personalising learning for individual groups with multi-tenancy by reading our blog.

Ensure knowledge acquisition and retention

To deliver consistent training outcomes, L&D teams need to not only look at the way training materials are being delivered but also how they are being consumed. Are learners actually absorbing the essential information that is being delivered to them and most importantly, are they retaining it?

Once again, ensuring this is a mammoth task for healthcare L&D teams to undertake because of the sheer volume and variety of departments and job roles. However, one of the advantages of staff training with an LMS is that this essential information can be readily available when using the right tools and features.

For example, LMS assessments are a quick and easy way to identify knowledge gaps. Learners simply complete the assessments, and the results are instantly delivered to admins using automation technology and reporting tools.

Tailor learning to cater to specific needs and preferences

Personalisation has been a hot topic in the L&D sphere for some time now, with tailored learning having proved itself the most effective way to drive results and boost learner engagement. However, for a sector with such a broad range of training requirements, tailored learning can only really be achieved with the help of an e-learning platform.

Use your healthcare LMS to create a personalised learning pathway that targets specific skills and knowledge gaps and caters to preferred learning styles and preferences. Learners can take ownership of their learning by incorporating personal goals that serve as a driving force for training completion and align with wider company objectives.

Find out how to create a personal development plan with a TXP here.

Deliver CPD opportunities

One of the biggest advantages of staff training with a healthcare e-learning platform is the ability to deliver CPD opportunities. In a sector that often faces pressures around reducing staff turnover, effective CPD programmes can be a lifeline. With 38% of employees leaving their organisation due to a lack of career growth, healthcare organisations must incorporate CPD into their core L&D strategy.

The good news is this is easily done with an LMS. CPD training materials that deliver upskilling and development opportunities can seamlessly be integrated into your LMS content library, meaning managers and admins can enrol learners on a course. Or, healthcare staff can take development opportunities into their own hands by completing CPD materials autonomously – this is the power of having a flexible LMS that can seamlessly serve the needs of everyone in an organisation.

Streamline compliance management

With strict healthcare regulations and procedures in place, L&D teams face an enormous amount of pressure when it comes to getting compliance training right.

One of the advantages of compliance staff training with an LMS is automation functionality. LMS automation such as dynamic rules allows admins to automatically enrol users on mandatory compliance courses. And with this feature, they’ll also receive an automated notification of enrolment – ensuring no one misses out on essential training. Staff will also receive notifications alerting them to completion deadlines and compliance certification expiry dates, ensuring they complete training within the required timeframe.

But a best-in-class LMS such as Totara helps ensure a clear audit trail exists, allowing administrators to track course completion, live certifications, and who still needs to complete any mandatory training. A well-configured healthcare LMS enables healthcare organisations to easily comply with internal and external regulations and requirements through the use of advanced reporting and complete audit logs.

Want to find out more about LMS compliance training? We have a whole host of compliance training-focused resources, simply search for compliance in our resource hub.

Train your staff with the right healthcare LMS

Our Totara and Moodle solutions are already doing great things for our healthcare clients, find out what they can do for you by getting in touch today. Or if you’d like to find out more about e-learning for healthcare organisations like yours, visit our FREE healthcare LMS hub now.